OFF THE FIELD

What should we be coaching the Boks of tomorrow?

It is tragic that in the year we celebrate a century of Springbok rugby our beloved Boks reached a low point last Saturday with a historic loss to Australia. We appear to be in another of our now almost biannual downward spirals and an age-old debate has resurfaced. Various stakeholders, most notably Joel Stransky in the June edition of Rugby World South Africa, are getting on the bandwagon and claiming that the problem starts at schools, the boy

Basics of 'pod' technique

Our wise coaching guru discusses ways of putting loiterers to use in pods.

Coach: Two-on-one defence

Defence is so important in rugby now, and all manner of defensive coaches are employed. Here the Guru, the wisest coach on earth, talks about an aspect of defence.

Two games to improve counter-attack skills

After speaking this week about counter-attack in his response to some things he saw in the Super 14, the Guru, the wisest coach in the whole wide world, now gives two exercises to develop counterattacking.

The Guru's lament

The Guru, the wisest rugby coach in the whole wide world, reflects on changed attitudes in rugby football, prompted by thoughts of the Super 14 and the Stormers and counterattack.

Advanced kicking - the mental side of it

The Guru ponders S14 Week 3

This is a lovely time of year in the Southern Hemisphere when we begin to prepare for our local club season, school boys and their coaches sniff winter in the air and we all have the opportunity to watch the Super 14 matches as well as the Six Nations tussles, storing what we see and learn (if we are brave enough to learn) from these top-class games, good and bad.

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A coach's view of the first match
Phase play and all that goes with it
Loose Forwards - the Game Sharks
The Guru and The Scrum
Drift Defence
ICED LOLLIES, OR SOMESUCH!
Pressure

Six Nations Team Previews

Scotland | England | Wales
Ireland | France | Italy

Props are here to stay!

It is not so long ago that the intricacies of front row play were a mystery to most. So who better than international props Gethin Jenkins and Dai Young to dissect the new engagement process?